Historical Marker
Near This Site Stood a Town Hall
San Felipe, Austin County · Texas
Erected 1936
The Consultation that met here almost did not meet at all. Proposed in the summer of 1835 by opponents of revolution at Mina, it took its name at Columbia that August, perhaps because "convention" sounded revolutionary in Mexican politics. Fighting delayed it to November 1, and no quorum gathered until the fourth, with Branch T. Archer presiding. Only fifty-eight of ninety-eight credentialed delegates came, none from the war-zone districts of Bexar, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria or San Patricio. Austin was away with the army, and his faction under Don Carlos Barrett faced John A. Wharton and Henry Smith's.
What the plaque says
Near This Site Stood a Town Hall Built about 1830 in which were held the First and Second Conventions of Texas, 1832 and 1833, and the Consultation of 1835 the provisional government functioned here until March 2, 1836. When the Republic was formed at Washington on the Brazos the building was burned with the town, March 29, 1836, to prevent its falling into the hands of the advancing Mexican army. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Where it stands
29.80716, -96.09873 · Directions
More markers nearby
- J. J. Josey General Store — steps away
- Stephen F. Austin — steps away
- Early Roads to San Felipe — steps away
- San Felipe de Austin Cemetery — 0.6 mi